Editing Waite Phillips (section)

{{Short description|American businessman (1883–1964)}}
{{about|the oil executive and Scouting benefactor|the football coach|Wade Phillips}}
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| image       = Waite Phillips.jpg
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|1883|01|19}}
| birth_place = [[Taylor County, Iowa]], U.S.<ref name="NYT 19640129">{{cite news |title=WAITE PHILLIPS, OIL MAN, WAS 81; Philanthropist, Noted for His Gifts to Boy Scouts, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/29/archives/waite-phillips-oil-man-was-81-philanthropist-noted-for-his-gifts-to.html |access-date=2019-07-20 |work=New York Times |date=1964-01-29}}</ref>
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1964|01|27|1883|01|19}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
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| occupation  = American petroleum businessman
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| spouse      = Genevieve Elliott
| children    = 2
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'''Waite Phillips''' (January 19, 1883 – January 27, 1964) was an American [[petroleum]] businessman who created a fully integrated operation that combined petroleum producing, refining and marketing.  With headquarters in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], he also developed several office complexes and engaged in banking and ranching.  Phillips was a [[philanthropy|philanthropist]] for both local Tulsa institutions and national causes.  In Tulsa he built a 72-room mansion for his residence, which he later donated to the city; it became the [[Philbrook Museum of Art]]. He gave {{convert|127000|acre|km2}} of his favorite ranch in [[New Mexico]] to the [[Boy Scouts of America]], together with an office building as part of its endowment.  The ranch is now [[Philmont Scout Ranch]], one of the largest youth camps in the world.  Phillips also made a substantial bequest to the [[University of Southern California]], which named a building after him.